What Does Hebrews 10:19 Mean?
Having therefore, brothers, open speech for entering the set-apart places by the blood of Jesus,
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King James Version
Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,THE KEY
The Greek word for “enter” contains the word for “way,” presenting access to the holy as a path opened through Jesus’ blood.
THE MEANING
You have confidence to enter God’s holy presence through Jesus’ blood. The way is open to you now; you are not held at a distance.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The belief that God’s holy presence is closed to you is undone: this verse gives you confidence to enter through Jesus’ blood.
THE ROOT
εἴσοδος
eísodos
GROWS FROM
ὁδός
hodós: way, road, path.
“enter” in this verse is eísodos. The Greek phrase speaks of boldness for the entrance into the holy places. Eísodos is formed with the root hodós, “way”; the entrance is bound to a path opened through Jesus’ blood.
ALSO GROWS
hodós: Way, road, path.
ὁδός
This is the way-root within εἴσοδος, making the entrance a path into the holy places.
éxodos: Way out, departure.
ἔξοδος
It carries the same way-root in the opposite direction, showing that the root names a passage or route.
THE PATTERN
Access to God’s presence is pictured as an open route through which people can come near.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with a clamor of praise; lift your hands to him, and bless his nature.I am the door. Through me, if anyone enters, he shall be delivered, and shall go in and out, and shall find pasture.Let us therefore draw near, with open speech, to the throne of favor, that we may receive compassion, and find favor to help in the right moment.THE THREAD
A fresh and living way that he opened anew for us through the hanging curtain of his flesh;The next verse names this access as a “new and living way.” Its Greek word for “way,” ὁδός (hodós), is the same root within εἴσοδος (“entrance”) here: the path into the holy places is opened through the veil, identified as his flesh.
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